How would you feel if your child was only offered an education to meet the statutory minimum?

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Becuase thats what Nottinghasmgire ae planning for children with Special Education Needs and disabilities.

Please help us protest this by signing our petition here. You dont have to be from Nottingham - support is welcome from everywhere :)

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What cuts? There is no information on the petition at all.

On 11th October cuts were announced in the Childrens and Young Peoples Services Department of Nottinghamshire County Council. These cuts include cuts to services for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). After the cuts the county council will only be providing services it is legally bound to which obviously will have an impact on all children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the county. It plans to save £3.16 million by these cuts These cuts we object to are:

• Delete posts in Inclusion Support (5-19) and Inclusion Support (Early Years) Services,including specialist teachers and teaching assistants of deaf, visually impaired, learning disabled and autistic children

• Delete posts within the Educational Psychology Service (EPS). From 2012/13 relocate themajority of the costs of the EPS in to the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)
• Delete posts within the Parent Partnership Service - Delete administative posts in SEND Strategic Services
• Cease to subsidise SEND training opportunities for schools - Cease to provide free ICT equipment to schools for use by children with SEND
• Realign short break providers under childrens disability service management structure - Integrate services for children with disability within Inclusion, Disability and Access
• Review and remodel short break provision.

Nottingham today, the rest of us tomorrow.
Signed.